IC 3024
IC 3024
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3024 as it looked roughly 407 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 3047Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3046Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3079Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 3128BBarred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 3062Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3046Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3079Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 3128BBarred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 3062Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular42 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).